Caught up w/ Franklin, we talk everything!

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https://youtu.be/mwc7HA8nSKc

Timestamps on Youtube:

2:25 Fighting Yushin Okami

8:55 Fighting Forrest Griffin

11:44 Rich's strategy for fighting Mike

15:05 Who is the biggest win of your career?

20:07 From teacher to the Hall of Fame

23:10 Xyience commercial

30:12 When did you decide to become a professional fighter?

35:30 Do you think you were ahead of your time?

40:32 The wild wild west days of MMA

45:28 Cutting weight

47:48 Would you ever fight again?

55:56 What's it like being a VP at ONE Championship?

57:50 The ONE Warrior Series

1:00:03 The Franklin Speaking Podcast

1:03:00 Bloodsport - Is Frank Dux the real deal?

1:06:07 The impact of UFC 249 on live sports + thoughts on quarantine 

1:28:54 The concept of fear

1:33:50 Who are the up and coming fighters?

1:37:51 Why hasn't Rich been to AKA Thailand?!

1:42:28 Rich gets mistaken for Forrest Griffin and Jim Carrey

1:46:34 Best fans in the world

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ttt

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Ask him how thankful he is for being blessed with those Wanderlei wins, especially the second one.

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Rich has one of the greatest sub escapes I have ever seen against Yushin Okami.

Edit - I mean Travis Lutter! But he does survive a nasty kimura in the 3rd round of the Okami fight.

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MarcusAurelioFan -

Rich has one of the greatest sub escapes I have ever seen against Yushin Okami.

Edit - I mean Travis Lutter! But he does survive a nasty kimura in the 3rd round of the Okami fight.

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Yea we covered our Yushin fights in detail... haha

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Why Is there no Ace Ventura 3?

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Watching now, me and my cousin use to talk about Rich always having a black eye going into fights, we joked and said someone purposely punched him in the eye before hand so he could always rock that shiner for fight nights.

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lordleone -

Watching now, me and my cousin use to talk about Rich always having a black eye going into fights, we joked and said someone purposely punched him in the eye before hand so he could always rock that shiner for fight nights.

Ha! That is so true! Like every fight week he has a black eye! Good call! I should of brought that up! 

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Tmaguru -

I beat a lot of people up playing as you on the UFC game, Mike.

Ha! Awesome! 

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One of my fave fighters. 

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Good Stuff

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Thanks Mike.  Watching now.

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Subbed - thanks Mike

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Stu Cazzo -

Subbed - thanks Mike

Thanks bud!

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Just finished it. That was cool. Two fighters I really loved watching. I was a bit confused though when Rich said he can't have anyone at his house and at some point later in the podcast it sounded like someone was in the kitchen and Rich was looking at them. But loved the whole discussion. Good stories.

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In for later

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Thanks, in for later.

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Great interview!!  Always entertaining and informative.

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